at the direction of supervisors, backup officers relieved officer number 1, officer number 2, and officer number 3. a supervisor positioned officer number 4 to take up officer number 3 previous position behind the patrol vehicle door. officer number 4 ducked behind the driver side of the patrol vehicle while warning nearby officers "he is standing up again. he's pointing the gun again ". the contract officer said, "hey, jose, i need to talk to you so i can help you. what do you mean man? you can make it easy by coming out and talking to me. jose, nobody wants to hurt you dude. no, nobody is going to hurt you man. no one is here to hurt you. we are here to help you". a supervisor positioned next to the contact officer stated mr. corvera did not appear to be injured. mr. corvera could be heard saying, "i don't need no help". the contact officer said, "hey, jose, you got to throw the gun out so we can help you". crisis hostage negotiate airs arrived on scene to assist. officer 4 advised a nearby supervisor, i can see the top of his head, he is still right in front of the hood. the contact of

the officer. in addition, most of these actions are successfully de-escalate it every day whether deputies getting no credit in the public eye. so mr. chairman, it is clear to me we need to do a better job of collecting and reporting data on use of force against officers so we can better understand the trends and inform our training. that is why i support senator grassley's a bipartisan legislation, the improving of law enforcement officer safety and wellness through data act. it would lead to more comprehensive data collection. anyone who signs up for this job knows they will face physical violence at some point. but even though violence is part of the job, that does not mean we have to accept it. with the constantly work to counter it, too de-escalate it if possible, to discourage it, and to deter it, but to make sure people responsible for face real consequences. i also believe it is critically important that we speak with one loud and united voice and make clear to the public, the place to fig

of domestic nuclear detection office and the office of health secure office of health affairs. i wasn't here for the merger, but i think what the merger actually was able to do was to bring some of the discipline and the definitive engineering processes that dndo used in the nuclear world to some of the very innovative thinking that was over in the office of health affairs as they address the evolving health threats. and as we merge those two things together, we have got a center of gravity of experts working on chemical, biological and nuclear threats whose synergies serve to make the department better. but more importantly, we have people whose only job it is to focus on those threats. when this was spread across components, like many other components, they are pulled in a million ways by all the things they have to deal with. at cwmd, our sole focus is on countering weapons of destruction. as i stated in my opening remarks, that wires -- requires specialized skills, training and mid -- equipment. you can't get that overnight. i firmly believe this office is the right office

through the dhs office of chief security officer. their rigorous process is very detailed and thorough analysis of the background and suitability of the applicant. once they come on board the office of the chief security officer and dhs has stood up program, i don't know the exact name but it's basically continuous monitoring so if that individual let's say me for instance. tonight i was arrested for some reason, that continuous monitoring program would, the chief security officer would know about that cutomorrow and take action on it based on whatever that circumstance was. so it's our goal to make sure that the people we hire are not involved in any dbe type activity. we do hire a large number of veterans. we have 80 percent of our law enforcement officers are veterans today, i'm a veteran like they are but the process they office uses to do that background investigation based on the prospective employee and their monitoring of the employees activitiesis helping us to make sure we weed out those bad actors . >> i think that was a f

at the direction of supervisors, backup officers relieved officer number 1, officer number 2, and officer number 3. a supervisor positioned officer number 4 to take up officer number 3 previous position behind the patrol vehicle door. officer number 4 ducked behind the driver side of the patrol vehicle while warning nearby officers "he is standing up again. he's pointing the gun again ". the contract officer said, "hey, jose, i need to talk to you so i can help you. what do you mean man? you can make it easy by coming out and talking to me. jose, nobody wants to hurt you dude. no, nobody is going to hurt you man. no one is here to hurt you. we are here to help you". a supervisor positioned next to the contact officer stated mr. corvera did not appear to be injured. mr. corvera could be heard saying, "i don't need no help". the contact officer said, "hey, jose, you got to throw the gun out so we can help you". crisis hostage negotiate airs arrived on scene to assist. officer 4 advised a nearby supervisor, i can see the top of his head, he is still right in front of the hood. the contact of

black, the officer isn't entitled. a federal judge, in a civil settlement in this case, said that a reasonable jury could find that the cop used excessive force. >> is there any part of the tasing that is defensible in your view? >> i would say this is not a use of deadly force. using a taser is not deadly force. ideally, it stops there. again, in my earlier remarks, looking at it again, in a light most favorable to officer webster, i believe that's what he was trying to do is end it there and the taser was an extension of that. >> end what exactly? >> his design was to place anton black in custody and, again, we could debate whether that was proper or not, but that was his -- i would say it was. that was his objective to get anton black in custody using a -- if he uses the taser effectively and anton black is taken into custody safely, that changes the outcome. i go back to he used the taser as he was running away. not coming towards him. should that have been a difference when you use the taser? >> the legal standard

office. those perfections took action and are typically the first line of defense. we celebrate the dedication and selfless commitment and recognize their efforts this week as part of the national security officer appreciation week. from federal courthouses were high-profile trials take place daycare centers and federal facilities we protect the most innocent. fps is time and time again proving their dynamic dedicated law enforcement agency. fps directly protects 233 congressional district offices located in buildings across the protection portfolio. we have a responsibility for protection efforts of these facilities to work closely and have strong relationships with united states capital police and senate armed step to ensure the safety of all members. established over 50 years ago fps is made remarkable progress as organization and is an integral part of the department of homeland security's mission to save hard the american people. our law enforcement officers administer lifesaving medical

solomon called the officers the sheriff's officers to advise them on how to handle him. it was sad to witness mr. hinder's mental health drive his contacts with the criminal justice system and even the justice systems. well intentioned attempts to address this behavior like placing him on probation were woefully inadequate. as it exists in our country the probation system requires one officer to supervise between 100 to 125 probationers. this is a system designed to fail then at a hearing to address a violation. patient the court is asked to sort it out by restraining this unsuccessful relationship. we're sending the violator to jail. although serious issues exist in the courtroom in the court system for addressing people with mental health needs i still managed to find ways to turn my courtroom into a resource the feelings of trust and mutual respect. i established created an environment where a veteran we're veteran police officers and a young african-american man with schizophrenia. we're willing to step outside of the heat of the moment during one eventful day and be

officer. i think we can achieve both of these objectives, without infringing on anyone's rights. >> we need to change the system. too many officers, innocent children. parents. are being shot. this needs to stop. >> officer is remembered, and be loved, for profound generosity, and passion for service my wife and night went down, to the chapel to join in the memorial service. we have never seen, an outpouring of grief, like we saw that day. we joined hundreds, maybe thousands of mourners. that was mother elizabeth french, yesterday. i want to thank her personally, for being here, and for honoring the legacy, of our wonderful father. officer french and her family, remind us all, of the sacrifice law enforcement spent officers make, every time they put on the uniform. i met officer -- southside irish parade. he was on a golf cart with his dad. very positive spirit, and determination to, do everything possible, for the rest of his life. with every disturbance call, every domestic violence incident

you have to have it when you need it and this office has, i firmly believe this office is the right office to address this threat, within dhs and really, with some of our efforts, across the government. i think we have done what we have set out to do. >> the second half of my question, what's working and what needs improvement? focus on the wet needs improvement and how can we help? >> what needed improvement was clear definitions, especially when it came to our chemical and biological roles and response abilities and the bill does that wonderfully. so i appreciate the bipartisan effort, and really the level of knowledge shown as it was put together. if you read the cwmd act of 2018, it's confusing as to where we go outside the nuclear realm. it is crystal clear, now it's clear to my own staff, it's clear to the department, it's clear to our partners and it's clear to state and locals. and i guess the other thing is, that you are covering with the bill, which we really need is permanence. we expire in 23. if we want to make long lasting relationships, when they don't know you are coming ne

the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask that the mandatory quorum call be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the senate consider the following nominations en bloc, calendar number, 732, 765, 762, 1121, 1122, 1124, 1125, 1170, 1139, 1167, 1168, 980, 981, 1109, and 1112, that the senate vote on the nominations en bloc, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table that the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the question occurs on the nominations en bloc. all in favor say aye. any opposed, no. the ayes have it. the nominations are confirmed en bloc. mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate consider the following calendar numbers 1154, 1155, 1156, 1157, 1158, 1159, 1160, 1161, 1162, 1163, 116 # 65, 11666, 1173, 1174 and all the nominations on the president's desk, with exception of pn263, nominations be confirmed en bloc, th

the protested in london, what message has gone to the offices?— has gone to the offices?he issue was there were _ has gone to the offices? the issue was there were not _ has gone to the offices? the issue was there were not sufficiently - was there were not sufficiently clear instructions which went out to police officers in the early couple of days. i think that's where the problems were. i think the police were a bit too zealous in some situations about arresting people and taking people away from people who are showing their respects. there is a difference between a police officer perhaps having a quiet word with someone saying, show some respect, this might not be the right time to make your protest, people have come here to pay their respects. there is a difference between that and arresting people using criminal law. in a couple of cases, there does not seem to be much justification for that. what's happened now is you will have seen the national police chiefs' council hasissued the national police chiefs' council has issued a much clearer guidance to officers. they

officer. i think that we can achieve both of these objectives without infringing on anyone's rights. >> we need to change. we need to change the system. too many officers in this and children, parents are being shot. this needs to stall. >> officer ella french is remembered and beloved for her profound generosity and her passion for service. my wife and i went down to the chapel to join in the memorial service. we have never seen an outpouring of grief like we saw that day. we join hundreds, maybe thousands of mourners who were there. her mother, elizabeth french, is with us today. i want to thank her personally for being here and for honoring the legacy of her wonderful daughter. [applause] officer french and her family remind us all of the sacrifice law enforcement officers make every time we put on a uniform. i met officer units at the south side parade. he was in a golf cart with his dad, and had a very positive spirit, and determination to do everything possible the rest of his life. with

thank you officer anderson. will the disengagement policy and presented subsequently will it cause any other changes to dgos that require revision or a stand alone in that respect? >> good question. sergeant anderson did you want take that question or i? i think you're well versed in that. >> there was a concurrence meeting we were in last week and i know there was some verbiage that is going to be put into the disengagement policy that will also go into 802 so some of the discussion was made at our meeting that 802 needs to be amended to match. yes, it may affect 802 in some of the language so they match as far as both policies go. >> 802 is the policy on hostages and barricaded subjects and that was the one in meet and confer for a very long time so it may need to be updated in short order to make sure that it has the best definitions of the disengagement policy has. >> what about 5.zero one? how does disengagement work in the use of force continuum? >> another great question. because i was involved in both pr

at the direction of supervisors, backup officers relieved officer number 1, officer number 2, and officerber 3. a supervisor positioned officer number 4 to take up officer number 3 previous position behind the patrol vehicle door. officer number 4 ducked behind the driver side of the patrol vehicle while warning nearby officers "he is standing up again. he's pointing the gun again ". the contract officer said, "hey, jose, i need to talk to you so i can help you. what do you mean man? you can make it easy by coming out and talking to me. jose, nobody wants to hurt you dude. no, nobody is going to hurt you man. no one is here to hurt you. we are here to help you". a supervisor positioned next to the contact officer stated mr. corvera did not appear to be injured. mr. corvera could be heard saying, "i don't need no help". the contact officer said, "hey, jose, you got to throw the gun out so we can help you". crisis hostage negotiate airs arrived on scene to assist. officer 4 advised a nearby supervisor, i can see the top of his head, he is still right in front of the hood. the contact office

the presiding officer: duly noted. ms. smith: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 465, senate file 4057. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 465, s. 4057, a bill to dedevelop a comprehensive strategic plan for federal electric vehicle fleet battery management and for other purposes. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the senate will proceed. ms. smith: i further ask that the committee reported substitute amendment be agreed to. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. smith: i ask unanimous consent that the bill be amended be considered read a third time. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. smith: i know of no further debate on the bill as amended. the presiding officer: is there further debate? if not, the question is passage of the bill as amended. all those in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the bill a

the reason why the officer or officers pointed the firearm.ument and articulate the justification for pointing their firearm in the cor spanding police report. complete a supervisory evaluation before the end of watch. so, there in lies the three significant key revisions which we are proposing subject to your approval. >> thank you so much. chief, did you want to weigh in? >> yes, first of all, thank you president elias. i want to say publicly thank you for having an open ear and mind to the concerns that were brought to you on some of the language recommended revisions. i just want to quickly without being longwinded tie this into previous discussion on moral. one thing i hear over and over again is officers we definitely understand that we have policy and need good policies but they wanted input and like their voices to be heard and just the fact that you came to listen and be open minded to listen what the concerns were is really important in terms of letting officers know they do have a voice and their concerns will be taken seriously so

out at once, just in the wing where the office of the prosecutor general's office of the prosecutorated. e, by he probably had a working meeting at that time. and here he is, his deputy. uh, they died very well, eyewitnesses heard. uh the sound of an explosion. that's what people say, well, there was an explosion. and so it is necessary for them to knock down and that's it. here it is, well, it's okay, yes, the fragments flew. no, smoke, it was only visible, and that was all, and she served the client, and the client, of course, jumped like that. i don't know how to explain to you, right? about an hour after the terrorist attack , employees from every office in lugansk were evacuated. eh, it was they also inspected cars in the parking lots near the building of the general prosecutor's office of the supreme court near all administrative buildings , sappers worked, cynologists worked and looked inside the car and along the bottom, because explosives could be on the actual, anywhere, another interesting fact. eh, it is to be e, the investigator to understand and establish. who could ha

from the officers, the officer, the grant put in charge of richmond. so this is about the 2nd of april, 1865, and there's a telegram from him to d.c. that said that he's trying to collect as much of the rebel archives as possible. so they're calling it the rebel archives from day one. so that's something that the u.s. army came up with and then they stamp a lot of that documentation. some of it was almost like a chain of custody. so in a court case where you have a chain of custody that is going be used in a court case, this was during the time period where jefferson davis was, you know kind of under house arrest in fort monroe. and they were still trying to decide if he's going to go to or not. so that's where some of this was coming from, was gathering documentation that may be used against former confederate leadership, including the former confederate president president. so these are recently digitized. it's a horrible title. they were not paying enslaved people. so this is owners who are getting paid for the labor of their enslaved people. so thi

that were unbecoming an officer. the full break down is on the website and has already been posted. the top precinct that's dpa received were from southern station and the tenderloin. failure to conduct a thorough search based from request from the public. there were ten complaints that came out of the tenderloin. and their top complaints were for 1, accessive response team for call for service and secondarily failures for the department to arrest a suspect. these are allegations that are coming in. as part of the weekly trend i tried to explain the kinds of things and locations of allegations that are coming into the department and that's what that is. if anybody is interested in the full list of the allegations, they can go to the website to look at them but i also focus on the top two so i'm not here all night explaining these allegations. we're trying to wrap up the testing phase of this audit. known as field work very audits. we expect to issue this audit before the end of the calendar time. we're in the middle

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san francisco should have more than 2,100 officers. here's the evolution in 2020 there were 1911 current sworn officers in september of 2021 that dropped to 1830 in april of 2022 that dropped again to 1723 and today that number sits at a new low 1651 full duty sworn officers. that's that's a fail a fail in more ways than one because the reality of boots on the ground is smaller than we think even though we currently have around 1600 full duty sworn officers chief bill scott told abc 7 news last month on average. there are only around 300 officers working patrol city-wide each each day. it definitely is a strain to keep with the calls for service. we can't have numbers like this documents obtained by theneeamhs within the call volume across all sfpd's 10 district stations from late june to late august. for example, 109 officers were assigned to the tenderloin during these months more than any other district. whereas the park district a significantly larger area only had 47 officers. we think criminals are gonna head but the triage of of

it also -- it allows officer convictions even if the officer has no specific intent to deprive a person of a federal right. i have given a couple of examples of good, strong republican legislation that was not considered as even part of -- part of the democrats' so-called police or law enforcement support grouping of bills that they put together today in an emergency meeting yesterday. if there was truly support for law enforcement, they would have come together in a bipartisan manner, discussed it with law enforcement, discussed it with the minority, and really come together and created legislation that would truly do what we neated to do and that's support and help our law enforcement. i reserve and i am prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman continues to be recognized. mrs. fischbach: thank you, madam chair -- madam speaker, i should have gone right into it. but today's debate is nothing more than a political stunt, as i mentioned. the democrats have put forward these bills at the last minute so they can go home this weekend and pretend they have done something t

we receive email accounts both, you are office and our office. in those email accounts, i read them daily. believe it or not, i read each one each day because it is an easy way for me in public service to have an impact that day. it is directly tangible. i can either help somebody unlock something, or i can get to a solution. in each of those email correspondence, there is an indication by the borrower of multiple instances and several different times over the balance of however long they have been seeking a loan increase, of interaction and communication with sba employees, directly with the loan officers themselves. to say that they have not been notified of the challenges facing their files, i believe it understates the totality of the circumstances. where, in the most recent cases, since the program stopped considering reconsideration in loan requests in may. the emails that come in our either, as i said, obligated league funded category in which we work to assist them with how they can close that loan, if they want to go that low. or, they a

officers are working in many overtime shifts, and non-officer employees including cooks, teachers, nurses, are being forced to fill in for correctional officers. we know this is the problem throughout our economy. it's one of the reasons, overall, i'd like to see training and apprenticeship programs, but also immigration reform. what steps are you taking to increase recruitment and employer retention rights as crests julie and -- >> thank you, senator. the staffing issues -- we've been working really hard to improve recruitment and retention, both recruitment bonuses and light of the current economy, and retention bonuses. we've also consulted with an outside firm who just concluded their work in recommendations around how we can better recruit, including how we market ourselves. in order to get people inside. plus, the issue around augmentation is one that is just incredibly important for me to touch on. it is something that is very useful during the short term, during the crisis, to be able to have those individuals ensure that those security posts are filled. the wear and tear that's o

officers came to america. they were already french citizens, american, because the they had a sign that the allegiance was as all good historians we are running out of time. you can vote if you want to continue this conversation. we're going to head over to gatsby's where there was plenty of conversations about the new republic and so forth so that'll happen at 30, correct? yeah. and it was still this is thunder come. well, thank you all again for coming. and as we do at the we're going to celebrate gatsby as at 430 make sure you buy everyone's book. thank you again for participating and as we said gatsby's has a. anand peter carmichael. i am the director of the cyber institute here at gettysburg college. i'm also a member of the history department. and it's my pleasure this afternoon to introduce to you trevor plant. trevor is the director of the textual records division at the national archives building in washington, dc. i'll translate that for you all. trevor has a very important job in the field of histor

the top four offices of state, prime minister, home office, foreign office, and treasury, all occupied now by women or people from a minority background. the interesting thing is that it's not being celebrated that loudly. it's almost as if people have become accustomed to that at the top level of government here in the uk. three of boris johnson's top four were from similar backgrounds. she has not picked them, though. this is the key point. her cabinet as a taking form is very much seeing as her picking loyalist, not a broad church. it will be clear to see if she can keep the whole of her party loyal to her in the weeks ahead. >> thank you. important stuff. thank you for working the late shift for us across the pond. >>> next, the cfo of bed bath and beyond is dead. his fall from a high-rise was ruled a suicide. what he was being sued for whdo you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy - even a term policy - for an immediate cash payment. we thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. but we quickly realized we needed a way to supplemen

[ gunshot ] >> body cam footage from another officer clearly shows he heard the other officer it washat, it's not a gun? >> hey, drop it. [ gunshot ] >> he remains hospitalized but is in stable condition. police are seeking to press charges against him for, quote, brandishing a replica firearm. that's what they are calling this car part. we should note this image was not released until days after the police shooting. before it's released police insisted he was armed with a weapon and even now the police are still trying to continue that story line. the new police footage zooms in on petiti and circles what quote appears to be a fun even one of their own officers knew in realtime that it was not. joining me now is retired nypd detective mark clackson. mark, it's always a pleasure to spent time with you. i've got to ask. what is your response to this body cam footage that we've been showing to our viewers and the fact that even after an officer said very loudly and clearly he was unarmed that they went ahead and shot him anyway? >> i think the body cam footage those and demonstrates ju

during the heatwave, plenty returned to offices to take advantage of the office air con — might we see is an interesting one. do you really think things are that bad that people will go to their office in order to keep their office in order to keep their bills low at home? well, i ho -e their bills low at home? well, i hope not. — their bills low at home? well, i hope not. i _ their bills low at home? well, i hope not, i hope _ their bills low at home? well, i hope not, i hope not, - their bills low at home? well, i hope not, i hope not, i - their bills low at home? well, i hope not, i hope not, i hopej i hope not, i hope not, i hope people are going back to the office for more than just warmth. there are lots of reasons for people to return to the office and they have done really since the start of the year. so we hope people are going back to the office for a sense of community, a better sense of community, a better sense of community, a better sense of belonging, better education, and really the energy we have around people. in the last 18 months or so are lots of businesses have ad

the harm is, in fact, inflicted upon officers before ho allowing the officer to perceive a threat. >t door opens and he fires that shot. listen, i've seen more of the video than we're showing because of our network policy, we're not going to show the man being shot on television but in less than a second when that door open he fires a shot even before someone says hands, hands, hands, he's got something in his hands. in that time how does he even have enough time to perceive what's there? >> what the reasonable police officer standard accounts for is that officers are often forced to make split second decisions with respect to whether or not a person perceives a threat, so i can't speak about the specifics of this investigation because it is an ongoing investigation, but what i can talk about is the law that surrounds police officers being forced to make split second decisions every day, and -- >> i hear that, and let me read the law just so we have the same starting point. i'll read the law that where it says for force to be used there must be a reason to believe the response is obj

>> it's the cops officer. >> the doj cops office? >> yes. >> okay. i was glad to hear the focus on engagement and not just arrests in the data when chief scott and i talked about this and at the conclusion of the grant there's a more comprehensive data or report out or narrative of some kind. i know it's been extended. is still the plan to have a more comprehensive report when it ends i think you said in october, november? >> yes, these are preliminary numbers to date they provided you, but the requirement for the grant is have some after action data analysis of how we were, were we successful? did we move forward on the deliverables that we mentioned we would do when we applied for the grant? and the final numbers are and we will definitely develop that towards the end of the grant in november. >> okay. then i ask once we have the after action report ask president elias to have the report so the commission can hear it as well and a stand alone item and not part of the report so so thank you so much. >> thank you. >> that's all i have. >> thank you.

overworked officers which can threaten both officer health and quality of life in our communities. this bill seeks to address these challenges by providing additional federal resources to small agencies to recruit and retain qualified officers as well as provide additional training and support for these agencies. i thank representative josh gottheimer for his leadership on this issue and for introducing this important legislation along with his bipartisan co-sponsors. i urge my colleagues to support the bill, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york are serves -- reserves. the gentleman from ohio is recognized. mr. jordan: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. jordan: the chairman just said that democrats have always been i think the direct quote was equitable funding for law enforcement. it's interesting. two years ago here's what the chairman said, june of 2020. there should be substantial cuts to police budgets. i don't know how you can always

election of officers. just generally the way that it works, if you don't have a procedure set up in the bylaws which you don't have bylaws yet so don't have a procedure, generally the way that works is the presiding officer and in this case i think the way we'll do it is a secretary will act in that role for this purpose. request nominations from the body. you don't have to have a second. and when no one else wants to offer nominations then the commission votes on the nomination in the order received and the first candidate to receive majority of the votes is elected to the office, so that's generally how-based on robert rule ofered order and you dont have a bylaw we look to robert rule of order. when you adopt bylaws you can have a different process. it is a good idea to run that by me first. this body-this body 4.137, sure you are familiar with it. i will go through what your powers and duties are but you can read them and just make a few comments. basically, under the charter 4.137b, there is a whole fi